Trump: I told Saudi king he wouldn't last without US support
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President Donald Trump made an undiplomatic remark about close ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, saying he warned Saudi Arabia's King Salman he would not last in power "for two weeks" without the backing of the US military.
"We protect Saudi Arabia. Would you say they're rich. And I love the King, King Salman. But I said 'King—we're protecting you—you might not be there for two weeks without us—you have to pay for your military,'" Trump said to cheers at a rally in Southaven, Mississippi.
Trump did not say when he made those remarks to the Saudi monarch.
